17.08.2019 - Mayer’s World Economy

by Thomas Mayer

Politicians have been hiding the costs of their climate policy for years. In the end, it's always the citizen who pays. This is shown by the energy turnaround.

05.07.2019 - Economics, Politics & Philosophy

by Norbert F. Tofall

In view of the two speeches made by ECB President Mario Draghi in July 2012 and June 2019, this must unfortunately be denied. His successor, Christine Lagarde, is likely to outdo Draghi's policy.

14.06.2019 - Macroeconomics

by Philipp Immenkötter

Unconventional monetary policy measures have no influence on the distribution of wealth in Germany. At least that is the view of Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann. We checked the figures.

21.08.2019 - Wealth Price Index

by Philipp Immenkötter

Even though asset price inflation at the end of the second quarter of 2019 was only +2.7% and hence significantly lower than in previous years, it remains well above consumer price inflation, which is only 1.6% compared with the same quarter of the p ...

13.08.2019 - Macroeconomics

by Agnieszka Gehringer

Policymakers have plunged into climate actionism and set ever stricter climate goals. This can have unintended social and economic consequences.

08.08.2019 - Companies

by Kai Lehmann

Pension burdens of the DAX groups are likely to have climbed to a record high of over 400 billion euros in the first half of the year. Erosive interest rates have caused pension agreements to swell massively.